So here we/they are worshiping at - again in all inner rectitude - stones set down by one of their cruelest arch-nemeses for his own self-glorification and vanity and also as a sop (which many since have swallowed) to keep the people otherwise occupied, rather than in revolt.

An economy/society dominated by marketing, instant gratification and a desperate and highly manufactured yearning for self-glorification is not a healthy society, and the illness of that society manifests itself in poor mental and physical health.